Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Disease

•  Ischemic Heart Disease
• Cardiomyopathy
• Congestive Heart Failure
• Peripheral Artery Disease (PAD)

There is nothing new about the use of adult stem cells to treat diseases. They have been used for many years to treat leukaemia. What is new and very exciting is that right here in Bangkok patients who have been told that there is no hope for them because of the deterioration of their failing heart are returning to a much healthier, active and longer life.

Figures from clinical studies, as released to the American Heart Association, have shown that a conservative 70 percent of no-option heart patients have derived considerable benefits – and all from a mere half-pint of their own blood. In a simple blood draw the blood is sent to a laboratory where the therapeutic stem cells are multiplied many, many times. These harvested cells are then returned either by injection directly into the heart muscle or via a catheter inserted in the femoral artery. They go to work and help strengthen and repair the heart muscle and aid new blood flow to the heart itself. Patients report significant relief from painful and restrictive symptoms such as angina pectoris.

Because the blood comes from the patients themselves there is no possibility of rejection, which makes the procedure very safe. Top cardiologists in our partner hospitals are highly skilled and enthusiastic about the treatment and the patient outcomes. It is truly the beginning of a new age of regenerative medicine where people suffering from what was once deemed incurable are getting a new lease on life.

Patients suffering from PAD and the pain on walking and the leg ulcers that fail to heal have frequently faced amputation of the limb. The advent of adult stem cell therapy and the resulting improvement in blood flow and healing to the extremities is absolutely staggering.